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The shooter appeared to have fled and about 10 minutes later, police received another call for someone with a weapon at a home about three kilometres north from the previous residence.
Police said they found three children - aged six, seven and 12 - shot dead in that second home and a 45-year-old who was injured with a gunshot wound.
They said officers also found the 44-year-old shooter, who appeared to have died after a self-inflicted gunshot wound.''
Sault Ste. Marie killer Bobbie Hallaert's uncle: 'I hope he rots in hell'
Family members have identified the killer — who later turned the gun on himself — as Robert "Bobbie" Hallaert.
This is the man who murdered his three children, a girlfriend and wounded his estranged wife in an orgy of madness in Sault Ste. Marie.
Family members have identified the killer — who later turned the gun on himself — as Robert “Bobbie” Hallaert.
''Dirk Hallaert says his 44-year-old nephew carried out the shooting rampage that has devastated the northern Ontario city this week and the family is struggling to understand what happened.
He said the three children killed were Bobbie Hallaert’s kids.''
The Star reported that the first victim of Hallaert’s murderous rampage was his current girlfriend, whose name has not been released.
Ginger Gamble, who lives across the street from the first home Bobbie Hallaert targeted, said the woman who died there had been Hallaert’s partner and had talked in late September about his explosive temper. He was kind of scary”, Gamble said.
“He had a presence about him that you feel with your gut,” she said.
Hallaert was an employee at Algoma Steel. His LinkedIn page said he was a graduate of Cambrian College and had previously worked for White Forest Products.
On his Facebook page, there are countless photos of a smiling, happy family. There are birthday fundraisers, New Year’s, Christmas and other holiday celebrations.''
